Making extra money from the homestead.

  Seems a daunting task at best and one I find I desperately need to figure out and soon. Like many others I now find myself living from paycheck to paycheck. It’s frustrating at best!

  I had planned on selling starter plants for gardeners this Spring but that fell through when mice found my trays of seedlings and proceeded to have a feast. Everything was doing so well too. I figured I’d add around 2K to my income before that happened.

  I was able to salvage some tomato plants and the peppers are still trying to recuperate. Many didn’t make it. I traded six of the tomato plants and a Redbud sapling for other plants and felt like I got a good deal, so long as the blackberry plant survives into next Spring I’ll be ecstatic!

  That’s possible future nutrition but not income, at least not until it grows to the point I can sell berries or starts from it. While producing as much of your own food as is possible is a great idea, I feel it’s important to boost income as well.

  Unless your completely off grid you’ll need income and even off grid you need some unless your lucky enough to not have to pay property taxes.

  I was doing some crypto mining for awhile but with the rising cost of electricity and the excess heat it just got to the point it no longer makes sense from a financial standpoint. If I wasn’t raising kids I might see it differently.  I do plan on firing the mines back up full time when Winter hits, my heater kicked on all of three times. So it offset my gas use nearly 100%.

    I’m currently working on figuring out things to make and sell. I have some paper plant starter pots made from waste paper and trying to figure out coasters as well but have a ways to go before I’ll offer any for sale. Sadly shipping is so high it will likely make it impractical to sell the starter pots online.

  I 3D printed to mold, it’s a scaled down version of one I found on Thingiverse and I’ll give the original maker credit when I find it again.

  I’m also starting to make jerky again though I’ll need a better prep area before I start offering it for sale. There’s nothing wrong with where or how I’m doing it but if I remember correctly you need a dedicated area for prep that can pass state inspection. As it is now, space is extremely limited and so my prep area is also used for many other things.

Best of luck to you in your self sufficient ventures!